Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [conj] it is [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , these falling yields mean that it is becoming cheaper for firms and individuals to borrow by issuing new claims like bonds and equities or going to building societies , by comparison with borrowing from banks . |
| 2 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 3 | NEC says that it is planning to create artificial neural network systems to analyse exchange rates and interest rate fluctuations as well . |
| 4 | The department says that it is seeking advice from the Committee on safety of Medicines on B17 . |
| 5 | Symbolics Inc , Concord , Massachusetts artificial intelligence pioneer warns that it is running out of cash and needs additional financing quickly : options include selling the company , obtaining additional financing and filing for bankruptcy protection . |
| 6 | People who want to open more shops complain that it is becoming ever harder , and more expensive , to find and bribe the correct official responsible for allocating premises . |
| 7 | The United States feels that it is shouldering too heavy a defence burden in Europe , whilst Europe has increasingly become an economic rival of the United States ; Europeans resent their separate defence and economic dependence on the United States , but have been slow to recognize their de facto commitment to an unrealistic and arbitrary divide between economic and strategic policies . |
| 8 | That is the bit to destroy as it is stopping the development of the picture . |
| 9 | The development work is n't thought to be linked to Sun in any formal way , but the news comes just a week after Sun revealed that it is playing with a 64-bit Sparc , and outlined its intent to define the ground rules for such environments through a new release of Sparc International 's interface specification for 64-bit Sparc architectures ( UX No 380 ) . |
| 10 | In fact IBM says that it is pushing the MPTN technology as a standard as long ago as December 1991 when it submitted the underlying MPTN approach to the XNET workgroup of X/Open Co Ltd , which is still considering it . |
| 11 | The council says that it is speaking up for smokers . |
| 12 | ( Sun says that it is getting 50MHz parts now . ) |
| 13 | This week ITV announced that it is dropping the God slot due to lack of interest . |
| 14 | My Warwick is currently being serviced by a luthier in Holbury who tells me that the truss rod needs replacing because it is beginning to shear . |
| 15 | Newbridge confirms that it is preparing a range of such products , but will not confirm exactly what these are . |
| 16 | Despite some success in Japan , Hong Kong and Yemen , however , the trade continues to thrive , and latest evidence suggests that it is expanding . |
| 17 | The Kingfisher group , whose name was changed from Woolworths earlier this year , includes about 720 high street shops under the Woolworths name , electrical retailer Comet with 307 outlets , Britain 's leading DIY group , B&Q , and Superdrug , the high street chain which last week announced that it is buying Medicare from the Gateway supermarket chain 's new owners Isosceles . |
| 18 | Having last week announced that it is backing Ken Livingstone for the Labour leadership , it now says it supports the ‘ Sun Readers ' Party ’ . |
| 19 | He checks it each morning to see whether it is going to rain . |
| 20 | You can also encourage your dog to sit when it is playing in the garden . |
| 21 | Becker says that it is expecting too much of Third world bourgeoisies to think they can bring about societal transformations on a grand scale or act in the ‘ heroic ’ way of entrepreneurs a century ago ( Becker 1983 ) . |
| 22 | Often people maintain that it is knowing your stuff that really counts and behaviour is just the icing on the cake . |
| 23 | Although French Unix distributor TopLog International SA has n't officially signed-off on a deal with Univel Inc to market UnixWare ( UX No 400 ) in Europe , the Paris-based company last week said that it is forming a new company , Newnix , to handle its Unix and UnixWare business from November , after the paper is inked . |
| 24 | It 's not easy When the wind is force two or three — but by now it is blowing force six with a sea state to match and it is becoming dangerous . |
| 25 | Over 70% of Siemens Nixdorf 's staff are involved in these activities , and Bearpark said that it is working ever more closely with other Siemens companies to secure a whole range of contracts . |
| 26 | So , while the Government claims that it is targeting help on those in greatest need , it is simultaneously increasing the numbers caught , in the Government 's terminology , in a ‘ dependency culture ’ . |
| 27 | The government claims that it is tackling this issue through its Making Belfast Work programme . |
| 28 | The Ecology Building Society argues that it is recreating the original grass-roots feel of a membership-owned mutual society , and says that it involves its members closely in the development of new savings accounts . |
| 29 | Maynard , Massachusetts-based Digital Equipment Corp indicates that it is expecting to have conversations with friends at Hewlett-Packard Co in the next few weeks about its participation in the Common Open Software Environment . |
| 30 | The Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle is funding the project ; there are no loan fees to pay but it is covering the costs of transporation and catalogue production . |